| SEEDS-2 | |
| Mission Type: | Technology Development Sensor experiments |
| Operator: | Nihon University |
| Spacecraft Type: | 1U CubeSat |
| Launch Mass: | 1kg (02lb) |
| Launch Date: | UTC |
| Launch Rocket: | PSLV C9 |
| Launch Site: | Satish Dhawan SLP |
| Launch Contractor: | ISRO |
| Orbit Reference: | Geocentric |
| Orbit Regime: | Low Earth |
| Apsis: | gee |
The Space Engineering EDucation Satellite 2[1] (SEEDS-2) is a Japanese amateur CubeSat picosatellite, built and operated by Nihon University. It was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation, aboard a PSLV rocket, on 28 April 2008.[2] It was built to replace the SEEDS satellite, which was lost in a launch failure on a Dnepr rocket in July 2006.
It carries a number of sensors to investigate the environment of space, and its own status. It also contains a voice transmitter, intended to play back messages to amateur radio operators.[3]